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William B. Umstead State Park is a North Carolina state park in Wake County, North Carolina in the United States. It covers 5,599 acres (22.66 km 2) [3] nestled between the expanding cities of Raleigh, Cary, and Durham, North Carolina. It offers hiking, bridle, and bike trails, boat rentals, camping, picnic areas, and educational programs.
State Recreation Areas are more intensely developed units than State Parks, and they largely encompass lands less sensitive to human activities than State Parks. According to the NC Division of Parks & Recreation: State Recreation Areas are sites where the primary purpose is outdoor recreation, rather than preservation.
There are 13 National parks in North Carolina. Only the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a traditional park. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is also a World Heritage Site. Other parks include heritage areas, historic sites, national seashores, historic trails, and memorials managed by the National Park Service. Several of the ...
North Carolina State University provided 154 acres (0.62 km 2) on a long-term lease and will use the park for ongoing natural history research. Wake County purchased 16 acres (65,000 m 2 ) to add to the park and The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have provided access to an adjacent parcel of about 400 acres (1.6 ...
Completed (with two stories) in 1862 on Halifax St., the building was home to one of the earliest North Carolina railroads, the Raleigh & Gaston, eventually incorporated into the 20th century's Seaboard Coast Line. Acquired by the state in the 1970s for use as an office building and moved to its present location on N. Salisbury St.
State of North Carolina: 24,083 2 Wake County Public School System: 17,000 3 WakeMed Health and Hospitals 9,773 4 North Carolina State University: 9,019 5 UNC Rex Healthcare: 6,900 6 Wake County: 4,389 7 City of Raleigh 4,304 8 Conduent Business Services 3,487 9 Duke Energy Progress: 2,800 10 First Citizens Bank: 2,400
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Falls Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Durham and Wake counties, North Carolina in the United States. Near Wake Forest, North Carolina , it covers 5,035 acres (20.38 km 2 ) [ 1 ] along the shores of 12,410-acre (50.2 km 2 ) Falls Lake .